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Botticelli Blue Skies: An American in Florence
Denise Chanterelle DuBois's transformation into a woman wasn't easy. Born as a boy into a working-class Polish American Milwaukee family, she faced daunting hurdles: a domineering father, a gritty 1960s neighborhood with no understanding of gender nonconformity, trouble in school, and a childhood so haunted by deprivation that neckbone soup was a staple. Terrified of revealing her inner self, DuBois lurched through alcoholism, drug dealing and addiction, car crashes, dangerous sex, and prison time. Dennis barreled from Wisconsin to California, Oregon, Canada, Costa Rica, New York, Bangkok, and Hawaii on a joyless ride. Defying all expectations, DuBois didn't crash and burn. Embracing her identity as a woman, she remade herself. Writing with resolute honesty and humor, she confronts both her past and her present to tell an American story of self-discovery.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- Publish Date: Aug 22nd, 2017
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.38in - 6.25in - 0.94in - 1.18lb
- EAN: 9780299180201
- Recommended age: 19-NA
- Categories: • Essays• Memoirs• Writing - General
Praise for this book
"Handled with subtle humor and disarming honesty, Gerber's narrative ultimately uncovers a core truth about travel: to surrender to a place, not the version from one's fantasies but as it really exists, is the only way to experience it."